Richard Jones directs a successful new Wozzeck in Tokyo

Toshiaki Komada (Wozzeck)

Toshiaki Komada (Wozzeck) and Jennifer Davis (Marie)

Hidekazu Tsumaya (Doctor), Toshiaki Komada (Wozzeck) and Arnold Bezuyen (Captain)

John Daszak (Drum Major) and Toshiaki Komada (Wozzeck)

Par Nahoko Gotoh, 25 novembre 2025

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“Komada’s... Wozzeck is a vulnerable and submissive figure rather than a rough and aggressive one”

Critique faite à New National Theatre, Tokyo: Opera House, Tokyo, le 20 novembre 2025

Berg, Wozzeck

New National Theatre

Kazushi Ono, Direction

Richard Jones, Mise en scène

Antony McDonald, Décors, Costumes

Lucy Carter, Lumières

Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra

New National Theatre Chorus

Toshiaki Komada, Wozzeck

Jennifer Davis, Marie

Arnold Bezuyen, le Capitaine

Hidekazu Tsumaya, le Docteur

John Daszak, le Tambour-Major

Tatsundo Ito, Andres

Akiko Goke, Margret

Hiroaki Otsuka, Premier ouvrier

Jun Hagiwara, Second ouvrier

Hideyuki Aochi, l'Idiot

Tokyo FM Boys Choir

A poignant Rigoletto revival in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 21st February

The New National Theatre in Tokyo revives its traditionalist Rigoletto, featuring Vladimir Stoyanov as the cursed court jester, Eri Nakamura as Gilda and Lawrence Brownlee debuting as the Duke of Mantua.

***11

Yannis Kokkos stages Guillaume Tell in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th November

For his new staging of Rossini’s Guillaume Tell at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, director Yannis Kokkos avoids specific contemporary references, choosing a setting that transcends the times.

****1

Michieletto's “Camping Così” returns to Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 30th May

Damiano Michieletto’s 2011 staging of Mozart’s Così fan tutte, dubbed the "Camping Così", is one of the most enduring and entertaining productions in NNTT’s repertory.

****1

Puccini/Ravel double bill opens the new opera season in Tokyo

Nahoko Gotoh, 7th October

The 2023–24 season at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, opens with straightforward stagings of an unusual double bill of Suor Angelica and L’Enfant et les sortilèges.

***11

A visually spectacular and strongly sung Hoffmann in Tokyo

David Karlin, 15th March

Philippe Arlaud’s production for New National Theatre Tokyo may not be in its first youth, but it delivers on all counts. Leonardo Capalbo, Egils Siliņš and Yuka Kobayashi lead an excellent cast.

****1

Sincerity over sexiness in Tokyo's Giulio Cesare

Nahoko Gotoh, 5th October

Laurent Pelly's Night in the Museum production of Giulio Cesare is finally staged at the New National Theatre, Tokyo, after its 2020 pandemic cancellation.

***11

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Nahoko Gotoh

Nahoko is a UK-based Japanese music journalist with a background in musicology. She writes regularly for various Japanese media including Ongaku no tomo and Mostly Classic magazines.

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